Category: Heating Oil
Blumenthal Oil Drill Moratorium Real Issue, Not The Attorney General’s Investments
Connecticut Attorney General Richard Blumenthal is getting flak for his and his family’s investment in oil companies, as it is seen as a contradiction to his political stances. I think that is straw man. Blumenthal and his wife have a net worth of tens of millions of dollars. His vote on issues is not going [...]
Bernie’s Fuel Oil of New London Files For Bankruptcy Liquidation
HARTFORD, May 3 – With the Chapter 7 Bankruptcy filing today by Bernie’s Fuel Oil, Inc.,of New London, Department of Consumer Protection Commissioner Jerry Farrell Jr. stated that his agency will continue its review of the business’s contracts and activities. “Consumers need to know that, while our agency will continue its investigation, each Bernie’s customer [...]
Connecticut Check Not In The Mail For Operation Fuel
Bloomfield, Conn. – With less than $65,000 remaining for emergency energy assistance and utility shut off notices in the mail, Operation Fuel Executive Director Patricia Wrice is hoping that the state of Connecticut releases the $1 million it approved two weeks ago for emergency energy assistance before countless households begin to lose their utilities. Otherwise, [...]
Operation Fuel Gets $1 Million To Help Ct Poor Residents
Bloomfield, Conn. — Operation Fuel is extremely grateful that Governor Rell and the state legislature have approved $1 million for energy assistance for low income households, and now hopes to get the money in time to keep countless households from losing their utilities, said Patricia Wrice, Operation Fuel’s executive director. The legislature passed the bill, [...]
Operation Fuel: Desperate For Money To Help Low Income People
Operation Fuel is about to run out of money for the 2009-2010 fiscal year and will be forced to end its energy assistance program for this year, unless it receives additional funding from the state of Connecticut, according to Patricia Wrice, Operation Fuel’s executive director. The state of Connecticut currently has $2 million in funds [...]
F&A Oil Customers And Creditors Closer To Restitution
Attorney General Richard Blumenthal today announced that claim letters have been sent to almost 10,000 F&S Oil customers and creditors who may be eligible for a share of about $1 million in restitution secured by his office. The money compensates consumers for oil and services they paid for but never received after F&S abruptly ceased [...]
Burn Calories: Help Yourself And Operation Fuel In Connecticut
Operation Fuel will hold its first 5K run/walk, Burn Calories for Fuel, on Saturday, April 10, at the Metropolitan Learning Center in Bloomfield to help Connecticut families who are struggling to pay their energy bills. “We want everyone to come out to run or walk for Operation Fuel and to raise awareness of the home [...]
Heating Oil Prices: Check Heating Oil Prices As Carefully As Gasoline Prices
We are all very conscious of gasoline prices and most of us know within a few cents what a gallon of gas costs us on any given day. We also have a good sense as to which stations have higher and lower prices. Some of us may even drive out of our way to save [...]
F&S Oil Customers To Get Restitution
Attorney General Richard Blumenthal today praised the court’s approval of a settlement providing about $1 million in restitution to thousands of F&S Oil Co. customers owed money or heating oil after the company’s abrupt closure in March 2008. Superior Court Judge Grant Miller approved the settlement today during a proceeding at Hartford Superior court. “This [...]
Buderus Savings Claims: Put Salt On It
Buderus furnaces are highly recommended by heating oil companies, but sprinkle a lot of salt on advertisements that promise huge savings. For instance, former TV weatherman Hilton Kaderli has been shilling for Homestead Fuel in Ellington, Conn., and Buderus for years with large ads in The Courant promising “SAVE UP TO 35% THIS WINTER WITH [...]
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